The full collection of Reptile Room - Games remix contest winners is here! Taigo’s dreamy tropical house version kicks things off complimented by Slipils and Deekrai’s banging big beats. Also included are electronic boomtempo mixes from Jay Janus and Future Kicks. Shout out to the fine folks at Metapopop and Native Instruments for the gear love.
Reptile Room is an electro-pop trio formed in Atlanta in 2017 by Bill Zimmerman and brother and sister Sean and Sami Michelsen. The three members do all creative work collectively, be it writing, recording and mixing, or editing photos, videos and designing art. Atwood Magazine recently wrote “With cuts that bridge the gap between laidback vibes and quiet introspection, it isn’t hard to see why they’ve garnered attention... emotionally naked, confessional blends of electronic bliss.”
On their Om Records debut, Jade, each song has a its own message and its own meaning but overall every song becomes about being most honest with yourself - sometimes the truth can be a hard pill to swallow, and hearing it outside of your head & heart can help you actually hear it in a way that inspires change. You can regain yourself if you’re lost. The band breaks it down below:
‘Games’ is about a relationship gone wrong. It’s gone completely off the rails become toxic, and you’re now faced with this reality that you’re addicted to this toxicity and the repetitive patterns it runs you through. You see that you’ve been a pawn in their game, but no one ever really wins.
Lyrics:
Your love’s like a drug and I did too much, I was asking for this
Mixing up your wrong and rights, is there any truth you cut your lies with
Promises you made the other night
Broken on the floor at the foot of my bed
Telling me to try, take your own advice
Took another ride just to with my head
You always with my head
You’re the only one I think about it
Thoughts repeat a thousand times
Liquor on the walls and a cup in my hand
Someone I don’t recognize
Twisted up, your words are violent
Somethin keeps you up at night
Somethin that you’re trying to forget
Tell yourself you’ve had enough
Somethin you just can’t give up yet. Not yet
Photo: Mike Colletta